Articles tagged "Mobile software"

For the past few months or so, Facebook has been on a mission. A mission to ape every unique functionality inside Snapchat, in a wholesale manner, and bring it to its own services. Instagram has benefitted the most from this strategy, by far. In...

Android Pay's list of supported banks/financial institutions has been growing at a rapid rate. Last month, the service's list of supported banks in the US crossed the 600 mark. And now, some more names have been added to the list.
In total,...

The YouTube Go app has arrived in India. You can get the beta version (no stable release for any market yet) of the app from Google Play in the Asian country.
YouTube Go is trying to improve video watching experience in regions with...

Apple has pushed out a new update to its Music for Android app, bumping it to version 2.0. The update includes an all-new design which the company says brings "greater clarity and simplicity" to the application.
As per the official...

Google has added a new feature to its Allo mobile messaging app that brings along the ability to create polls. The information came in the form of a tweet from Amit Fulay, who is Head of Product (Allo and Duo) at Google.
trying out our new...

A new update has started hitting the Samsung Gear Manager application. The update brings new Auto Switch feature as well as an improved Gear lock function.
Using Auto Switch, the Gear S3, S2, and Fit2 can automatically connect to the paired...

Twitter's 140 character rule still exists, but the company has been taking some steps to mitigate it somewhat recently. The newest such move comes today, when it's announced that usernames aren't counted towards that 140 character tweet limit...

Google has finally launched its Calendar application on iPad. In terms of features, the app is broadly the same - it's just that it has been optimized for use on Apple iPads.
"With the new app, you’ll get all the Calendar features you know...

A total of 51 new US banks/credit unions have added support for Google's mobile payments service Android Pay. The list includes 1st MidAmerica Credit Union, Alabama State Employees Credit Union, Bank Rhode Island, Citizens National Bank of...

So far, Facebook has aped Snapchat's Stories in Instagram, WhatsApp, and even Messenger. So it makes sense that the main Facebook app for mobile platforms wouldn't be able to escape the Stories invasion either. And in fact it hasn't.
Today the...

Months after revealing that its video calling app Duo will soon start offering audio-only calling as a feature, it was last week when Google finally announced that the functionality has started rolling out.
While only Brazil was getting it so...

Cortana for Android arrived onto a lock screen near you starting in January. However, that functionality has been in beta up until today. From now on, if you have the Cortana app on Android, you're able to interact with the virtual assistant...

Facebook is usually quick to copy features from its various competitors if it deems them interesting enough, but we normally see stuff from the likes of Snapchat making it into the social network's offerings. This time Facebook Messenger has decided...

Microsoft has started pushing out a new update to its OneDrive's iOS client, bumping the app to version 8.12. The update brings along a couple of changes, including improved conditional access support.
The new version also addresses a Wi-Fi...

For Facebook users who are also a fan of GIFs, here's some good news: the social networking service may soon start supporting animated GIFs. To begin with, users would be allowed to post GIFs in comments.
"Everyone loves a good GIF and we know...

Facebook's Messenger is continuing its quest to add as many features as possible. The latest additions are reactions (which was in testing for a while) and mentions. Both of these will be rolling out across the world "in the coming days".
You'll...

As scheduled, Nintendo has started rolling out Super Mario Run on Android. Users in the United States, at least, can now download and install the game on their Android devices.
The game is already available on iOS - the iOS launch happened...

It was back in August last year when Google revealed that its video calling app Duo will soon start offering audio-only calling as a feature. For those who have been waiting for the functionality all this while, you'll be glad to know that the roll...

Google Allo still exists. Furthermore, it's still not been forgotten by the search giant, and keeps on getting updates once in a while. Today is one such occasion, and this time the news isn't new stickers - just kidding, there's some news about...

LG's much delayed competitor for Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, and Android Pay is finally one step closer to launch. That said, we're still quite a ways off at this point, and that launch will be rather limited.
The company is planning to enter the...